By Charikleia Papageōrgiadu-Mpanē
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For this reason, those who dared to attempt this sort of representation, even somehow disguised, were very few and did so for very specific reasons. Tiberius, for example, preferred to cultivate the posthumous cult of his predecessor, others focussed on the younger members of their house and the women, who did not attract direct opposition to their persons. Only when the empire was threatened on all sides, and the only link still intact was the emperor, did they hazard an explicit projection of the emperor as the sole salvation against surrounding menace.
Moreover, in some of the coins dating from this period the colony is rebaptised COL IVL FLAV AVG CORINT, a fact that suggests a moment of civic flowering in the colony, if not exactly a refoundation, which is symbolized by the Genius shown offering sacrifice, or libations, to Melikertes. Characteristic of the Corinthian mint in this period is its enormous variety of types, especially those with local colour'42. In this variety we can see the continuation of a vibrant tradition that had begun under Nero, and perhaps also in part an attempt to compensate for time lost when local mints were suspended.
The representation of the dextrarum junetio enjoyed great popularity in Rome not just on coins but also on metalwork and in relief sculpture, especially after the murder of Commodus (AD 176-192), when confirmation of the emperor's legitimacy and dynastic stability was a growing imperative10". This nervous climate was nonetheless rendered a particular gracefulness by the handshake between the two young caesars, Caracalla and Geta, as portrayed on the coins of Rome where they appear as either triumphant generals or senators109.